American Red Cross Babysitter's Training at GFD

Gaston Rural Fire District is pleased to offer to ALL 11 through 15 year olds an opportunity to register for the Babysitter's Training class from the American Red Cross. This class is an interactive, multimedia, activity-based classroom program that provides information every babysitter should have and what parents expect. Students arriving more than 15 minutes late may be asked to reschedule their class. Students must be 11 years old by the end of the course to be eligible to receive a course completion card.

Board Meetings

The Gaston Rural Fire District holds its monthly Board Meeting on the second Monday of each month at 6:00 pm at the fire station, 102 East Main Street. These meetings are open to the public with agendas being posted the preceding Wednesday at the station.

Burn ban has been lifted

The has been lifted for residents within the Gaston Rural Fire District.

1. You can only burn yard debris from your property. You cannot burn trash, lumber, or other materials. Burning is regulated by the DEQ and is allowed day to day based on air quality considerations from DEQ air tests.

2. You must attend your burn at all times, have a garden hose and shovel ready in case it gets out of hand, and put it out when you are done.

3. Just because you live in the rural area doesn't mean you qualify for agricultural burning. Ag burning is only for the removal of legally burnable debris from a for profit farming operation. Even agricultural burns are prohibited from burning tires, plastics, dead livestock, and dimensional lumber.

If you have additional questions, call the Gaston Fire Department at (503) 985-7575